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APPARATUS FOR GOLOR GLASSING AND DESIGNING FOR MANUFACTURING TEXTILEGOODS.

N0. 553, 07. Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

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W. LITTLEWOOD. APPARATUS FOR COLOR GLASSING AND DESIGNING FORMANUFACTURING TEXTILE GOODS.

No. 553,007. Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

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W. LITTLEWOOD. APPARATUS FOR GOLOR GLASSING AND DESIGNING FORMANUFACTURING TEXTILE GOODS.

No. 553,007. Patented 'Jani14, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALKER LITTLEW'OOD, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR COLOR CLASSlNG AND DESlGNlNG FOR MANUFACTURING TEXTILEGOODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,007, dated January14, 1896. Application filed June 2, 1894. Serial No. 513,317. (Nomodel.) Patented in England August 28, 1893, No. 16,179.

To all whom it stay concern:

Be it known that I, WALKER LrrrLEWooD, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Leeds, in the county of York, England, haveinvented a certain new and useful Apparatus for Color Classing andDesigning for the Manufacture of Textile Goods, (for which I haveobtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 16,179, dated August 28, 1893,)of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an apparatus for color classing and designingfor the manufacture of textile piece goods.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the designing of patterns,or give new ideas for patterns to be woven in looms, by assisting thedesigner to originate his ideas for the patterns and to simultaneouslyproduce a number of different patterns while he is in the act ofcomposing one particular pattern. By this the use of designing cards ordrafts is dis pensed with, and the designer has a means of producingbetter patterns and a greater variety, as he is assisted in theproduction of the patterns, for while he is manipulating the partshereinafter described to produce one particular pattern he is producingother patterns, some of which are perhaps richer and more to his fancyor taste than the one he was engaged upon.

According to my invention I employ for giving the pattern a series ofthreads or cords containing lengths of different shades or colors. Theends of the threads or cords are joined, so that when such series ofthreads or cords is placed over rollers, as hereinafter moreparticularly explained, an endless web is formed. By arranging thethreads or cords side by side and by moving or manipulating thesethreads or cords so that one section or particular color in one threador cord is brought between two others varied effects are produced.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of apparatus for carryingsaid process into eifect. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the top part of theapparatus. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the lower part of the apparatus,taken in section on the line A B in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a diagram showingthe manipulation of the threads. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one end of afluted dividing-roller, and Fig. 6 is a similar view of the other end ofthe same roller. Fig. 7 is an end View of the roller and itslocking-pin.

In carrying out my invention I employ an endless warp made up of threadsor cords C,

containing lengths of the shades required, so forming the said warp intosections of any required number. Each section of the said warprepresents one particular or solid color. The said threads or cords Care carried by or pass over dividing-rollers D, E, F,

' and G and through reeds or raddles J, K, L,

and H made of bars carrying a series of pins between which the saidthreads or cords C are passed.

The frame comprises a lower portion, H, and a top portion, H", the topportion being supported by pillars IT, and carries two sets of rollers Nand N and O and O. rollers N, N 0 and O are journaled in pedestals Rupon the frame H, and the lower rollers, N and O, are adjustablerelatively to the top ones by means of sliding bearings S, springs T,screws T, hand wheels U and frames V, by which the said rollers arecaused to move the threads or cords O when the top rollers are rotatedby means of hand-wheel NV. The first set of rollers, N and N is formoving along or winding around the whole of the threads or cords atonce, and the latter set, 0 and O", for changing certain of the threadsor cords, so as to vary the classifying of the colors by moving thethreads or cords in an end-to-end manner, as hereinafter explained. Uponthe frame H is a clamp composed of a fixed bar X and adjustable bar X,the adjustment of which is eifected by means of bolts X and thumb-screwX The said threads or cords are divided by bars P into two series, bothof which pass between the rollers N and N but only one series passesbetween the rollers O and O, the other series passing under the lowerroller, 0.

To regulate the fineness of the sets, pivoted reeds or raddles Y arefixed on the frame H and are so centered that they can be turned to anangle to produce the fineness required by drawing the threads or cordscloser to each other. The said reeds or raddles are carried in clamps Zbolted to an adjustable screw Z The said mohair, and the like.

The dividing-rollers D, E, F, and G are carried in bearings Z and can belocked at one side of the machine by means of pins Z pass- The said(livid-1 ing through the flanges Z ing-rollers may be either plain orfluted. The

7 object of the flutings is to prevent lateral or moved at will.

threads or cords into one section as he requires sidewise motion of thethreads during their motion while under manipulation. hen

plain rollers are used, a raddle Z is fixed on the movable bar Z whichis adjustable in the slot Z so that it can be moved relatively to thedividing-roller D, which is carried on a sliding piece Z which is madeso as to be slid'for taking up any slackness in the end lesswarp-threads by means of slot Z and bolt and thumb-screw Z.

The action is as follows: The winding-rollers N and N and O and O areopen or out of contact with the threads or cords C, and thedividing-rollers D, E, F, and Gare unlocked, so that the threads orcords O are free to be The operator slides such to produce the design inthat section (the 7 sections or lengths of the threads or cords areinterchangeable)and by this action all the other sections are changed,the threads 'or cords producing simultaneous designs throughout themachine, which maybe either.

hand-wheel. \V is then turned, and the said warp travels or is woundround the machine,

lower roller, N is put out of contact with the said warp, and the lowerroller, 0, is screwed The clamp upon the frame 11 is then applied bymoving up the bar X, so that every other thread or cord is held fromtraveling. The said rollers O and 0 move the remaining or alternatethreads and bring them round so as to blend them, or bring them into endand end, so producing a varied design, and by moving the said endlesswarp-threads one more section another complete class or series ofdesigns is produced throughout the machine. In these cases thedividing-rollers D, E, F, and G are locked. By moving the sections onlyhalf-way double the number of designs may be produced. Y Y Y Y and Y areguide bars or ribs for the threads.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

r '1. An apparatus for making a plurality of designs, comprising aseries of parallel threads of difierent color at different parts oftheir length, and mechanism for supporting all the threads andpermitting each of them to be moved longitudinally in either direction,substantially as set forth.

2. An apparatus for making a plurality of designs, comprising a seriesof endless par-

